Marcus Rashford scored for a fifth successive recreation as Manchester United elevated the strain on Everton boss Frank Lampard with a deserved FA Cup victory at Old Trafford.
Everton had been applauded off by their travelling help for displaying admirable character, after their aspect suffered the shock of going behind after simply three minutes when Brazil’s Antony turned dwelling Rashford’s far-submit cross but had the character to struggle again.
Conor Coady rammed dwelling a thirteenth-minute equaliser when David de Gea calamitously allowed Neal Maupay’s apparently innocent cross to roll although his legs as he appeared to assume it was about to hit the outdoors of his submit.
Even after Alex Iwobi was stretchered off in apparent ache after he suffered an ankle damage in a deal with with Tyrell Malacia, Lampard’s gamers continued to battle exhausting.
But as soon as some sensible strategy play from Rashford had deceived Coady into turning the ahead’s cross into his personal internet, the guests’ character alone was not sufficient.
And after Dominic Calvert-Lewin had a aim dominated out for offside, man-of-the-match Rashford stored his nerve to beat England worldwide workforce-mate Jordan Pickford from the spot deep into damage time to rating for the fifth successive recreation for the first time in his membership profession.